“Respecting the board” is what general manager Kevin Colbert called this year’s Steelers draft. Thirty years ago they called it picking the best available athlete. Now, it’s something a little more flashy and that’s about it.

The Steelers put the finishing touches on their three-day draft on Saturday by taking yet another safety (Marcus Allen), a hybrid running back/tight end/H-back (Jaylen Samuels) and a defensive lineman (Josh Frazier) who underachieved in college.

Throw in Mason Rudolph, who on Friday became second quarterback the team drafted in as many years despite the current franchise signal caller, a future hall of famer, wanting to play for least three more years, a project of a left tackle (Chuks Okorafor) and a safety (Terrell Edmunds) that some draftniks were stunned was selected in the first round and on the surface, it appears that the odds-on...

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